16-year-old charged with murder in Huntington stabbing

Fairfax County police have charged a 16-year-old boy with murder in connection with a stabbing in Huntington last weekend.

Fairfax County detectives arrested the boy on Thursday.

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Police say the teen stabbed and killed 19-year-old Auner Chavez Diaz in Huntington on May 9.

Just after midnight that morning, police were called out to the 2200 block of Farrington Avenue after receiving reports of the attack. Officers found Diaz between two apartment buildings with two stab wounds to the upper torso.

He was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to detectives, the 16-year-old and Diaz knew each other, but did not release any other information about the killing.

Police are still investigating the attack and what led up to it, and asked anyone with information to contact Crime Solvers at 1-888-411-TIPS (8477).